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June 17, 2025 Meeting Pics & Recap
We celebrated growing to 100 primary members in just 3.5 short months!
Esther Byrd, the President, shared why we started the Club and how it's serving our mission to engage women in politics and government in a healthy, balanced and productive way in furtherance of our shared values. We celebrated the success of our membership drive, which brought us from 76 members on May 5th to 104 on June 15th. Cori Bylund won the contest and will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card! Barbara Ray was celebrated for having recruited the 10 members!
Our speaker was State Rep. Kiyan Michael, who drove directly from Tallahassee to be with us after the legislature finally ended Sine Die at 11:19pm yesterday. She shared her "why" for running for office. Her 21 year old son, Brandon, was killed by a twice-deported illegal alien and that thrust her into advocacy for stronger immigration laws. She educated us on some of the successes and challenges of the 2025 Legislative Session and that she's pushing to keep $14 million in appropriations for our district in the budget. Her dedication to serving our district was apparent. Her positivity was felt and appreciated by all!
Esther advised that we are taking July off so there will be no regular meetings. Look out for a special networking meeting and Club photo shoot though!
We discussed upcoming events and Esther shared that we have a new text line for the Club and urged us to save 904.650.0630 in our phones. In addition to receiving Club texts, members can text questions and information to that number. For members who are not receiving Club emails, she suggested that we search our email for jbrwc.wildapricot.org and save it as a favorite.
We ended by discussing upcoming events for the Club, in the community and around the state:
JBRWC Coffee Collab June 25 at 8:30-9:30am at 1985 Coffee in Atlantic Beach
August 2nd in Orlando Florida Freedom Summit https://secure.anedot.com/florida-gop/freedom-forum
August 16 Duval GOP Legacy of Leadership Awards Gala feat. Gov Ron DeSantis and more
JBRWC Meeting August 19th – Beaches Mayors, AB Curtis Ford, NB Cori Bylund & JB Chris Hoffman
JBRWC Meeting September 16th – Speaker Paul Renner – Conservatives are the REAL Conservationists
Esther encouraged ALL of our members to attend and experience our National Federation's Biennial Convention, where our Club will receive a GOLD AWARD! This year it will be held in Orlando on September 25-28 - Early Bird Registration of $300 is until July 2nd, then it goes up to $450. It's a wonderful Girls Weekend with purpose! Register here: https://www.nfrw.org/convention-orlando2025-registration. If you haven't set up your NFRW log-in you will be prompted to do so. It's simple but if you have trouble, text Esther at 904.327.8933. Get more information here.
Save the Date for our Capitol Christmas Family Trip to Washington DC on December 2-6 2025. Learn more here.
If you missed this meeting, we hope you can make it next time! Keep an eye on your email for the invite. If you don't see it, search your email for jbrwc.wildapricot.org and rescue it from your spam folder.